On 1/4/06, Andrea Forte <andrea.forte(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Out of curiosity... what exactly ARE the difficulties?
wikimania2006.org is not taken last I checked. CHI seems to be doing
quite well using that model. I didn't find Wikimania registered as a
trademark with the US, European, Australian or Canadian patent offices
at least. Don't know about doing a more comprehensive international
search...
Yeah... but would people know to look for
wikimania2006.org over
wikimania.org? I say we secure the trademark, and try to discuss with the
domain owners over who has a right to get the website, or how much it would
cost.
Another unrelated question: I still don't see why it would be such a big
deal to have both WikiSym and WikiSem, as they sound like they're related,
but are unlikely to be confused. It would show more integration, which it
seems WikiMedia projects as a whole lack. While I realize that WikiSym isn't
connected to WikiMedia (or is it?) I think there would be little confusion,
and the name sounds both professional--seminar is a good conference word
that doesn't sound too geeky or beer-drinky [avoiding the pitfalls of
"convention" and "meetup", respectively]--and casual, with the second
word
abbreviated, it appears much more laid back. I'm not married to this idea,
and I still do like the name WikiMania a lot, but I also think that WikiSem
would be a good choice, or alternative if it comes to that.